...I don't know what to say, except. THANK YOU!!! I could say it a million times and it still would not be enough. We have never met anyone with such a caring and giving sprit as you. I believe that you are a wonderful example of someone that God has given the spiritual gift of giving. You are awesome!!!

Gary and I never wanted to be in this position. We would much rather be helping others than accepting help, but God has put us in this and I believe He is using you and others to help us get through it. My prayer is that you will be richly blessed and that we can be there for you if need be.

I will try to give you Gary's history and as you will see, it is quite unbelievable that one person could go through all of this and still be alive, but he has. Everything that I tell you is, I promise, 100% true. I hope I can remember it all.

His story begins on November 30, 1988 when he was admitted into the hospital because he was experiencing terrible abdominal pain. After running tests, it was discovered that he had 2 tumors in his color (at the age of 37, the doctors found it quite unbelievable).

Surgery was performed to remove the tumors and they also removed several lymph nodes. He lost over 50% of his stomach and 25% of his stomach. The tests on the tumors showed that they were malignant and a little over half of the lymph nodes were also malignant. Although the doctors felt that they had gotten all of the cancer, he went through 9 months of chemo just to be sure.